Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-31
PACIFIC COAST.
THE PLACER EXHIBIT HELPING
THIS SECTION.
A Logger's Terrible Death - The
HorficuIturists and the Tariff
Matters at the Bay.
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PACIFIC COAST.
lsrEc1AL DISPATCHES TO rHz REcosD-Us1oN.I
AT THE BAY.

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Death of the Oldest Printer--Lone Noun
tain's Great tCross-Rome-Seekers
San Francisco, December 30th.-[Spe-
Cial Charles Strong, who was probably
the oldest printer on the coast, died of
hemorrhage of the lungs yesterday. He
was about 20 years Of age, and for the past
ten years had not worked at his former
trade His funeral will be managed by the
Typographical Union.
A meeting of the Board of Health this
evening resolved not to take the steamer
Oceanic out of quarantine till after an in
spection next Tuesday. The Central Lodg-
ing ghouse, on Market street, with sixteen
inmates, is still quarantined.
George Charles, a friend of George II.
Perrin, recently indicted for completely in
the Benson land frauds. was arrested at
Cloverdale this afternoon and brought to
this city on charge Of stealing bond
given for Perrin.
Edward Marine, gripman, and VIM.
Moran, conductor on the Market street
line, haye been dismissed from the road on
complaint of Sergeant McKenua, of the
police, for flirting with his daughters.
Moran this afternoon eloped with one Of
the daughters, Lille, aged nineteen years.
At the Olympic Club this evening Tom
Avery and Billy Mehan, light. weights,
fought 10 a finish with hard gloves. Mehan
won the fight in the ninth round. Avery
was badly punished.
The large cross which has stood on Lone
Mountain for number of years has been
blown down by the storm. The cross was
an old landmark, and steps will be taken to
have it rebuilt.
Laura Webster, the sleeping girl, co.,
tinues in her cataleptic condition, with lit
tie or no change. Yesterday she was asked
what she wished to eat, and surprised her
sister by slowly opening her eyes and an
swering, Gingerbread" She has now been
in the trance just ten weeks.
A great many Texans are in the city, en-
route to different parts of the State in
search of homes. Most of them will go to
the northern counties, as they say they
want to live in section where droughts
are unknown. They have had enough oi
trouble from that source in Texas.
Ducks were never so plentiful on the
marshes adjacent to Alameda as they are
at present. Market hunters, having leased
the Kirwin ponds, near the Haystacks,
are shooting by moonlight and shipping
from 100 TO $50 ducks per day to market.
There is on board the Oceanic, which is
now in quarantine, Embassy from Corea,
the members of which are men of high
rank and prominence. They expect to be
ceed to Washington i'll the discharge Of
their mission.
The reason for declaring small pox an
epidemic in this city was simply to give
the Board of Health more power to stamp
out the disease. Under this resolution the
executive officers Of the Board can quaran.
tine any house where a smallpox patient
resides, or can remove the patient to the
Pest-house by force, if necessary.
The State Horticultural society held its
regular monthly meeting to-day at the
rooms of the State Board of Horticulture
900 Sutter street. President E. w. Hilgard
of Berkeley, presided; Professor E. j
Wickson, Secretary Among those pres
ent were Professor Husemann, of Napa; A.
Block, of Santa Clara Leonard Coates, ol
Napa; S. ]. Stabler, of Yuba l. Wilcox, OF
Santa Clara; L. w. Buck, of Suisun, and
State Inspector Klee.
The annual Convention of the California
Teachers Association was concluded to-
day. Several interesting papers were read,
and much time given to the discussion OF
the plans for receiving and entertaining
the National Teachers Association next
July